In the Federal Court of Australia, Logan J granted a stay of a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, by which it had varied the conditions of a permit, which the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority had granted to the State of Queensland. The Tribunal’s decision prevented the state from continuing to conduct a lethal shark control program in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, as it had done for 57 years.
Matthew Hickey (led by Horton QC) appeared for the State of Queensland
The judgment can be read by clicking here